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Tolson Nichol Boardman mont , Mohr Basen ee . fol ee en : Ltt : a By TED LEWIS > Nease. ” Washington, Jute 26—President Eisenhower made a Tele. Room : real college try,at his news conference’ t ta keep on the Holloman ‘sidelines of the turmoil caused” by recen® Supreme Court Gandy rulings but in the effort came up with possibly the pr“e” =~ understatement of, his second term. He allowed as how “in their latest series of decisions ere are some that each of . : : There. were other gencraliza- tions that certainly suggested Ike was far from roaring happy over court, actions, although he went to considerable pains to explain that in his opinion our system of government could not exist “with- ’ out an independent judiciary.” * The storm over the court touches a sensitive spot with Ike. After all, he named four of the nine justices and three of his four appointees have shown @ suppris- ing tendency to-vote with the:so- called liberalholdovers of F.D.R.'s . era, . Caught in Middle so Of Judicial Smog And what ‘f more important, the President’ now finds himself _ in the midst of a high-level .Ad- ministration .and Congressional tangle over how the executive and legislative branched of govern- ment should interpret cloudy de- cisions endangering (1) secret FBI files, (2} prosecution of U.S. civilians abroad, and (3) punish- - ment of Reds for either clamming . before Congressional committees tor conspiring to overthrow the government, : All these problems are going to have to be wrestled with in certain vital respects. by the White House—-just another chore for the President right at a time when disarmament, budget, civil rights, ete., have piled up enough paper work. aking matters worse ts the fact that no day goes by without a new ‘churning-up of the issues exploded by the courts in the last few weeks. Almost while . Ike was sidestepping the court issue _before the press, two union mem- bera before a, Senate committee clammed, falling back on: the court's decision restricting Con- investigating nomem. G3WUL3 1957 ¢ ee wr oe eee ee ee us has great trouble understan ing.” op Court Frees anvicted Repisk =~. An overlooked rulin of the court lest week suddenly tossed. up a local aterm with glaring newspaper “headlines that Ike ouldn’t miss later in the day. A convicted rapist; Andrew E. Mallory, was ordered freed be. cause the Supreme Court ruled. on Monday that the conviction had te be set aside because his confession was obtained before arraignment. In District Court today U. 8S. Attorney Oliver Gasch said further prosecution was impossible because of insuf- ficient evidence other than the | confession. . -- Earlier this week in the Senate, Sen. Joseph O’Mahone (D-Wyo.) pointed up the judicial chaos that ag resulted from the court’ sde-| - - ision in a Communist case that. ‘ artinent secret FBI files must yi made available to the defense [' nm criminal trials. . O'Mahoney reminded that lower cou judges were having trouble interpreting the decision. (Maybe Ike was thinking of that specific ruling when he talked about “great trouble” some of them,). Judges Offer Twe ne Different Opinions | understanding | . sf The Senate was told one judge iL “seemed ta feel that the informa- | .- ion gathered by the FBI should revealed before the case began |: hile in another court it wag Feld hat the material should not be made available until after the : evidence was in.* Thin confusion wad ‘only: 7 sample, sald O'Mehoned, oe a f pebotncgntrary A raed af could ofly te ightendd GAR OT5ES Hi NOT RECORDED 44 JuL 2 1957 Wee eee * ys Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash, News Wadsh. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal- American N. Y. Mirror N.Y. Daily News N. ¥. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ; i Date NEF